Karl J. Niklas
Karl Joseph Niklas (born August 23, 1948 in Manhattan , New York ) is an American botanist . He conducts research and teaches at Cornell University and is primarily concerned with issues relating to the evolution , morphology and biomechanics of plants .
Career
Karl J. Niklas earned a Bachelor in Mathematics at the City College of New York (1970) and the Masters in Botany and Plant Physiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1971). He then received his Ph.D. in Illinois in 1974 with a thesis on paleobotany. PhD . As part of the Fulbright Program he spent as a result a year at Birkbeck College of the University of London . After returning to his homeland, he worked at Lehman College and, at the same time, worked as a curator for paleobotany at the New York Botanical Garden .
In 1978 Niklas moved to Cornell University , where he initially served as an assistant professor for seven years before he was appointed to a full professorship in 1985. He has held this position since 2000 under the name Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant Biology until today.
Scientific work
Niklas mainly deals with the evolution , morphology and biomechanics of plants and has published five scientific monographs and more than 300 specialist articles on these topics. Another focus is palaeobotany , for example, he researches the flora of the Phanerozoic . Further attention is paid to allometry , the investigation of size differences as well as their causes and consequences in form and function. In addition, he was or is active as a co-editor of numerous professional journals, for example the Journal of Biological Systems (2005-2014), the American Journal of Botany (1995-2004) and the Quarterly Review of Biology (since 2008).
Niklas was a Guggenheim Fellow and is a member of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists , the International Organization of Paleobotany and the Botanical Society of America , which he also served as President (2008–2009). He is also a member of the Linnean Society of London and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015.
Books
- Plant Biomechanics: An Engineering Approach to Plant Form and Function. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1992, ISBN 978-0-226-58631-1 .
- Plant Allometry: The Scaling of Form and Process. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1994, ISBN 978-0-226-58081-4 .
- The Evolutionary Biology of Plants. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997, ISBN 978-0-226-58083-8 .
- Plant Physics. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2012, ISBN 978-0-226-15081-9 . (with Hanns-Christof Spatz )
- Plant Evolution: An Introduction to the History of Life. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2016, ISBN 978-0-226-34214-6 .
Web links
- Profile on the website of Yale University (English)
- Curriculum Vitae on the website of Yale University (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter N. (PDF; 283 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved December 13, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niklas, Karl J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Niklas, Karl; Niklas, Karl Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manhattan , New York , United States |